SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thomas S. Monson, the 16th president of the Mormon church, has died after overseeing the religion for nine years. He was 90.
Monson died Tuesday night at his home in Salt Lake City, according to church spokesman Eric Hawkins.
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